How in the hell did it get to be the last week in October already? I have so much to do yet, before the first snow flies! Friday afternoon I set the woodrack in place on the deck and filled it with wood. I also moved around the livingroom furniture so I could put the inside woodrack, ash bin and kindling bin out (and fill them - except for the ash bin of course).
Saturday I got the dogs' pen winterized - with a nice thick layer of straw in the house and the heated water bucket set up. Additionally, I did the "burn in run" on the stove (a short, warm - not hot - fire to drive the moisture out of the soapstone). I have also pulled most of the leeks and put them in the dehydrator. The onions are about ready to be pulled too.
However, I still have to put the vegetable and flower garden beds to bed (get it? Teeheehee, chuckle, chuckle, snort snort - put the garden beds to bed - haha!) Yes, I know I am very simple to find this funny, but I must find humor where I can at times - no matter how weak.
WS has been helping Harry clean up his driveway and where he had a bunch of trees logged off. Harry is a klutz when it comes to backhoes and such (so would I be should I ever try it, so I'm not knocking Harry). So, the Wonderful Spouse was drafted to help him. All I have to say, is after all the help WS has given Harry the last month or so, he better come up and paint the trimwork to the windows soon!
We'll have the first real fire in the woodstove today; it's been in the low/mid 40's and cloudy the last several days. It's been sunnier and warmer further up north, or so the local TV station says. I'm not sure whether I'll be working in the garden beds or cleaning the bird room, but either way, I'll be busy while WS is playing with the machinery!
Egads, cabin fever this early in the season? (I can only attribute your atrocious humor to cabin fever--LOL.) Your winterizing chores are never-ending, aren't they?
I could take some of your cool air. Had to open this windows to cool the house down--and it's still 75 degrees in here at 3:30 AM! HH says it's supposed to be above average in temperature for the next couple of weeks. Send cool!
Posted by: Cop Car | October 25, 2004 at 04:40 AM
Thanks! When I (again) arose (at 8:00), it was 48 degrees outside. Now the furnace thinks that it should be doing something. You really filled that request quickly. What a gal!
Posted by: Cop Car | October 25, 2004 at 04:23 PM
I am freaking out too, wondering how we are going to get everything done in the yard and gardens. Where did the summer go? How did the fall fly by so fast? I dread setting the clocks back next week.
Posted by: Jackie | October 25, 2004 at 07:36 PM
Bogie, we're thinking along the same lines, but you are MUCH further into getting your list whittled down. I haven't even started putting the gardens to bed, but I think tomorrow is the day! I do my cutting back and mulching in the fall, so that the bulbs have a clean bed to decorate. I'll wait to prune back the sage, but the oregano, winter savory, lemon balm and day lilies will get cut back, and all the annual herbs will be removed. If I'm lucky, I might be able to save the rosemary and the pineapple mint to winter over in the house.
I don't know where the time has gone. Next you know....it will be summer, and we'll wonder where the winter went.
Posted by: Buffy | October 25, 2004 at 11:22 PM
Cop Car - Maybe we did a heat exchange deal - it is supposed to get in the mid 50's today (although we had another heavy frost this morning). Hey - you didn't like my going slightly mad there?
Jackie - The clock re-setting I could go for (if only for that extra hour of sleep). However, the sun isn't out nearly long enough - of course it's hard to tell with all the cloud cover!
Buffy - I may wonder where the winter went but I surely won't miss shoveling snow by the time the season is done!
Posted by: bogie | October 26, 2004 at 11:07 AM